Donald Trump, using his power as President , to go after a Law Firm that helped then Secretary Hillary Clinton legally, has sent shivers down the back’s of the American legal system, including the judges…
I guess top shelve law firms should NOT work for Democrats, eh?
Forget the Oath to do job for your client, whoever?
The judge granted the firm a temporary restraining order, which would prevent some of the punishments from going into effect, and said she will hold an additional hearing before issuing a full ruling on the matter.
Howell warned that the order could damage the integrity of the entire legal profession, intimidating lawyers from taking up cases that the president views as going against his interests.
“I have enormous respect for Williams & Connolly,” Howell said, referring to the law firm representing Perkins Coie in the case, “and enormous respect for them taking this case when not every law firm would.”
The judge said Trump’s executive order appeared to violate the First Amendment rights of Perkins Coie and noted that the firm was not granted any due process. She said the Trump administration wrote the order in such a broad manner that it was hard to determine any goal beyond retaliation.
“It sends little chills down my spine,” Howell said, describing the executive order as the president punishing a company he believes is not acting in the president’s interest.
“Why shouldn’t we be chilled by this?
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Perkins Coie has lost clients each day since the executive order, Dane Butswinkas, the Williams & Connolly attorney representing Perkins Coie, told Howell. He said the firm’s biggest 15 clients, accounting for about 25 percent of its business, all hold government contracts.
“This executive order takes a wrecking ball to the rule of law,” Butswinkas said. “The effects have been immediate. … It will spell the end of the law firm.”…
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Perkins Coie represented Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential race….
…In recent weeks, Trump also ordered the suspension of security clearances of some attorneys at the law firm Covington & Burling, which has represented former special counsel Jack Smith pro bono. From late 2022 until after the November presidential election, Smith led the federal investigations of Trump for allegedly mishandling classified materials and trying to block the 2020 election results.
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